Are you ready for some ...

... thing new from me today :)  Did you think I was going to say football?  Today is super bowl Sunday and I'm ready for it, let me tell you.  I like both of the teams, so I don't really have a particular team, so I'll root for them both.

I have been wanting to give shaker cards a try and thought today was going to be that day.  I must say, I don't think I did it correctly; but I got the correct end result, which was the sequins in the shaker move around when shaken :)  I also did something else new to me, only because I just haven't wrapped my head around using it yet, but I'll get there - I took washi tape, placed it on white cardstock and then die cut the inside frame (this was raised up using some KoolTak adhesive - love that stuff), the floating balloon and the birthday sentiment.

My friend Brandi is having a birthday tomorrow and I wanted it to be not only colorful, but something different and this, I do believe, fits that category for me.  I used the MFT card challenge sketch for this week, which is always fun.  

I wanted to add something inside the card, so I took some extra washi tape cardstock and die cut out a heart, which I then covered with glossy accents (also new to me) and placed it inside the card along with my message.

I do believe I will be trying shaker cards more because it was fun and Patrick even went "Wow, that's cool" after I showed him.  He really loved the way the balloon is floating off the center :) which I think is pretty fun.

I hope you all have a great week !!!

Janet

Supplies:

Cardstock:      SU whisper white; MFT Razzleberry
Ink:                  MFT Razzleberry
Die Cuts:         MFT Happy Birthday; MTF blueprints 15 (heart); MFT first class friend,
                         SSS balloon bouquet
accessories:   washi tape (not sure of the manufacturer, but think they are all made by
                         Scotch); Hero Arts acetate; KoolTac clear adhesive; pretty pink posh
                         sequins (clear, marshmallow; watermelon, orchid, tangerine); tombow
                         honeycomb adhesive; Ranger multi medium; ektools tweezers;
                         ranger glossy accents.